MicronesianSubgroup of 20 languagesAncestorsAustronesian 1256Malayo-Polynesian 1234Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian 722Eastern Malayo-Polynesian 555Oceanic 514Central-Eastern Oceanic 230Remote Oceanic 195MicronesianDescendants Micronesian Proper 19 Ikiribati 1 Kusaiean 1 Marshallese 1 Pohnpeic-Chuukic 16 Chuukic 13 Pohnpeic 3 Nauruan 1